Morning Jolt: 96-year-old chases off robber

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Jul 18, 2013 at 12:01 AMJul 18, 2013 at 5:07 PM

Marge Wolf, 96, didn’t flinch when a knife-wielding robber told her to hand over the money in the cash register of her grocery store. "I said, 'I'm not opening up that cash register and that's it,'" Wolf told the Madison (Wis.) ABC station. Wolf, who has owned the shop for 54 years, wouldn’t budge, and eventually the robber gave up. She did let him take some Tootsie Rolls that were on the counter, however.

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Marge Wolf, 96, didn’t flinch when a knife-wielding robber told her to hand over the money in the cash register of her grocery store. "I said, 'I'm not opening up that cash register and that's it,'" Wolf told the Madison (Wis.) ABC station. Wolf, who has owned the shop for 54 years, wouldn’t budge, and eventually the robber gave up. She did let him take some Tootsie Rolls that were on the counter, however.

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